My speakers dont work!

[emanhattan]

I am currently using an inspiron dell laptop 6400. after the keyboard broke and some really weird stuff started happening with this computer, i decided to reformat it and reinstall windows xp so that i can still use it for a few months while i save up enough money to buy a new one, hopefully a pc.

Right now the biggest problem with it is that i cant hear a thing coming out of the speakers except for that BEEP sound the computer does when something important happens.... Im pretty sure its the audio drivers im missing and ive tried downloading them from the dell site but it doesnt work at all. So where do i get functioning audio drivers and how do i get them to work?


ps the speakers are (obviously) integrated inside the computer. i cant hear anything on my  headphones either.

[rtil]

is there a "!" in the device manager for your audio devices

if it is, it knows you have an audio device but either can\\\'t find the driver or it\\\'s damaged

if it isn\\\'t there, your computer doesn\\\'t even know you have an audio device

[fatbadger]

use headphones.



use them, even if they dont work.

[rtil]

headphones won't work if there's a hardware problem